CERTIFICATE OF RE-ENTRYOrbital Register™ · by Orbital Radar™
Entry no.
1970-0272
ARIEL 3 (UK-3)
ARIEL 3 (UK-3) (NORAD 2773) re-entered Earth’s atmosphere on 14 December 1970, after 3 years, 7 months in orbit.
Official date
NORAD number
2773
International designator
1967-042A
Object type
Spacecraft
Country
United Kingdom
Launched
5 May 1967Vandenberg
Re-entered (UTC)
14 Dec 1970UTC calendar day
Time in orbit
3 years, 7 months1,319 days
How it ended
Re-entered (natural decay)
Latitude range
80.1°N to 80.1°SFinal inclination 80.1°
Mass
90 kg
Operator
SRC
Built by
RAE / BAC
Bus
UK-E
Programme
UK
Where it came down
Latitude band its orbit allowedExact position not recorded
No position was recorded for this re-entry. Its final orbit, inclined at 80.1°, allowed a re-entry anywhere between 80.1°N and 80.1°S.
Life in orbit
3 years, 7 monthsARIEL 3 (UK-3)’s lowest and highest points above Earth, week by week, from its tracking history.
From the same launch
1967-042
Entered in the Orbital Register™, founding volume, September 2026.
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